Originally Posted by
blug
Yes, my biggest worry is that DL may value SkyMiles at 1cpm and ask for 500k miles for a BE award ticket. And then DL brags like this: "we are the only US major airline that offers complete fairness and transparency to use miles -- the amount of miles is simply proportional to the ticket price!"
I would not mind at all if DL awarded SkyMiles as follows:
1 SkyMile for every $10 spent for general members.
1.1 SkyMiles for every $10 spent for Silver Medallions.
1.25 SkyMiles for every $10 spent for Gold Medallions.
1.5 SkyMiles for every $10 spent for Platinum Medallions.
2 SkyMiles for every $10 spent for Diamond Medallions.
The kicker, however, would have to be that they can be spent on any Delta flight and on any fare which is for sale for that flight. Moreover, a flight for which these SkyMiles are used would earn the same number of MQMs as they would if cash had been spent.